The 200 most popular girls’ names of 1888

1,474 different girls’ names were recorded in 1888, covering 178,622 births. These are the top 200.

#	Name	Births
1	Mary	11,754
2	Anna	4,982
3	Elizabeth	3,224
4	Emma	3,087
5	Margaret	2,904
6	Minnie	2,654
7	Bertha	2,450
8	Florence	2,444
9	Ethel	2,374
10	Bessie	2,278
11	Clara	2,230
12	Ida	2,229
13	Alice	2,202
14	Annie	2,188
15	Grace	2,090
16	Helen	1,847
17	Mabel	1,830
18	Ella	1,774
19	Martha	1,769
20	Sarah	1,755
21	Nellie	1,736
22	Edna	1,687
23	Lillian	1,656
24	Carrie	1,647
25	Laura	1,624
26	Pearl	1,591
27	Rose	1,590
28	Gertrude	1,468
29	Edith	1,453
30	Frances	1,452
31	Cora	1,433
32	Maude	1,396
33	Louise	1,334
34	Eva	1,329
35	Myrtle	1,310
36	Jennie	1,298
36	Hattie	1,298
38	Julia	1,292
39	Mattie	1,268
40	Marie	1,258
41	Lillie	1,249
42	Catherine	1,212
43	Jessie	1,200
44	Lula	1,173
45	Lena	1,162
46	Ada	1,116
47	Elsie	1,112
48	Agnes	1,046
49	Josephine	1,001
50	Fannie	991
51	Lucy	964
52	Blanche	942
53	Mamie	917
54	Dora	898
54	Hazel	898
56	Katherine	893
57	Maggie	882
58	Alma	853
59	Ruth	850
60	Mae	836
61	Rosa	832
61	Nora	832
63	May	782
64	Stella	775
65	Effie	744
66	Irene	722
67	Nettie	692
68	Ellen	691
68	Sadie	691
70	Sallie	633
71	Della	621
71	Susie	621
73	Daisy	612
74	Viola	596
75	Lizzie	593
76	Nancy	582
77	Esther	572
78	Flora	541
79	Willie	522
80	Katie	516
81	Lottie	511
82	Etta	500
83	Mildred	499
84	Georgia	477
85	Lydia	472
86	Maud	469
87	Olive	465
88	Charlotte	464
89	Caroline	458
90	Emily	457
91	Addie	455
92	Jane	446
92	Kathryn	446
94	Ruby	445
95	Beulah	426
96	Ollie	411
97	Amanda	404
98	Pauline	393
99	Harriet	389
100	Virginia	385
101	Theresa	377
102	Mollie	375
103	Nannie	373
103	Dorothy	373
105	Lulu	367
106	Susan	363
107	Kate	360
108	Amelia	358
109	Henrietta	349
110	Eliza	343
111	Rebecca	337
112	Matilda	328
113	Ora	325
114	Marion	322
115	Belle	317
116	Beatrice	316
117	Gladys	314
118	Leona	311
119	Lola	304
119	Nina	304
121	Estella	303
122	Iva	302
123	Hannah	295
123	Ann	295
125	Sara	293
126	Anne	292
126	Lela	292
128	Eleanor	288
129	Rachel	281
130	Estelle	274
131	Augusta	270
132	Vera	263
133	Goldie	261
134	Josie	257
135	Barbara	253
136	Sophia	251
137	Mayme	247
138	Maria	239
139	Evelyn	237
140	Amy	236
141	Marguerite	235
142	Inez	233
143	Essie	230
144	Allie	223
144	Eula	223
146	Hilda	219
147	Alta	218
148	Betty	214
149	Millie	213
150	Rosie	211
151	Mable	209
152	Victoria	207
153	Janie	206
153	Ina	206
155	Delia	200
155	Ola	200
157	Celia	196
158	Callie	195
159	Nell	188
160	Flossie	182
161	Birdie	181
162	Eunice	180
163	Bertie	179
163	Lucille	179
165	Winifred	176
166	Rena	172
166	Olga	172
168	Luella	171
168	Sophie	171
170	Christine	170
170	Leila	170
172	Lou	169
172	Bettie	169
174	Sylvia	166
175	Verna	165
176	Bess	164
177	Bernice	157
177	Loretta	157
179	Tillie	154
179	Genevieve	154
179	Frieda	154
182	Isabelle	153
183	Louisa	152
184	Alberta	147
185	Jean	145
185	Violet	145
187	Isabel	144
188	Winnie	143
189	Sally	142
190	Selma	139
191	Abbie	137
192	Roxie	136
193	Myra	134
194	Mathilda	133
194	Dollie	133
196	Rhoda	130
197	Lelia	128
197	Adeline	128
197	Elva	128
200	Hulda	126

Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files. A name given to fewer than five girls in 1888 is not published, so it is missing from both the count and the total above.

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